Girl On Fire: Leona Maguire

You know she’s big when Leona Maguire gets a song, Sam Harrop’s twist on Alicia Keys’ Girl On Fire. And from the sound of things in Beth Ann Nichols’ roundup of Solheim Cup notes and other loose ends, she was genuinely fired-up for Sunday’s singles match against Jennifer Kupcho.

In fact, Solheim rookie Leona Maguire was the undisputed Woman of the Match, earning 4 ½ points, including an absolute beatdown against Jennifer Kupcho, 5 and 4, to score Europe’s first singles point. She was the only player in the event to play all five matches.

“I heard that Kupcho made some comments last night in the team room and that fueled a little bit of fire,” said Maguire, who wouldn’t divulge what she’d heard.

The 26-year-old Duke graduate spent 135 weeks as the top amateur in the world and was a stalwart in every kind of amateur team competition imaginable. Now the whole of golf knows of her gutsy talent.

“She’s the one we’re going to have to fear,” said Hurst, “for a long time.”

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